Bookmark



R. H. MOORE Aug 4, 1931.

BOOKMARK Filed April 12. 1929 gwumn 102 ROBERT H .MQORE 33g Li A aum/W043 Patented Aug. 4, 1931 7 ROBERT H. Moons, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOOKMARK Application filed April 12,

t 10 of the book, will in no way injure or mar the book or the furnitureupon which .the book may be placed, will properly adapt itself to theefiicient marking of any part of the book, which will have meansforidentification of the book mark or of the book ,withlwhieh it isused, and which will'have means for cutting the pa es of .thebook,particularly the pages of finely bound edifrequently left in uncutstate.

Other objects and ad antages will inafterappear. n

In the accompanying drawings-e Fig. 1 shows a front elevation of thebook mark, with the cutter or cutting element I thereofshown inoperative state.

- Fig. 2is a side elevation of the book mark hereshown in Fig. 1.

' Fig. 3 shows in f'perspective a rear view of a book, and of the bookmark shown 1n Fig. 1, as the latter appears when in operative conditionin connection. with the book. c

Fig.4 shows a cross-sectional elevation of 5 the book and book markshown in Fig. 3.

Figs. 5 and 6 show, respectively, a plan View and cross-sectionalelevation of a detail of the invention.

7 Figs. 7, 8, 9 are respectively a perspective view, front elevation,and side elevation showing, a modification of the invention. Fig. lO'shows another modification of the invention. i

- The .book mark comprises a ribbon or dou- 4 ble-cord which istiedto aholder 2in the 1929. Serial No. 354,523.

manner shown. Said holder consists of a single piece. of wire 3 of metalor any other suitable material, which is bent or configurated to form aflattened eye .L'to which the cord 1 is directly tied, and from said eyediverge a pair of legs 5 in the manner shown. The ends 6 of the legs 5are curved toward each other,v as illustrated. Between the eye 4 and thelegs 5 is formed a double stem portion 7 part of which together withsaid eye are bent obliquely to the plane in which the legs 5 lie, asindicated in Fig. 2, and the stem is .provided with registering curvedportions 8 which form a ring 9. Against the ring portion 9 is locatedthe head 10 of a paper cutter 11, and a rivet 12 passes through saidring and a hole 13 formed in the cutter-head 10,whereby the wire 3 andthe cutter are setions wherein some or all of the leaves are cured toeach other. In assembling the parts the rivet 12, which initially isformed as shown in Figs. 5, 6, is flared out to form the head 14 whichbears against the underside of the cutter 11, the upper or round-hcad 150f the rivet,which head is springy, overlaps the ring 9 and bears undertension against the opposite side of the cutter, while cut-out portlons16 in the rivet permit the stern portions 7 projecting from oppositesides of the ring 9 to pass out from the head 15 and prevent rotation ofthe rivet relatively to the stem 7, in which manner the cutter 11 isenabled to swivel under tension. about the rivet 12 as a pivot, from anoperative or. cutting position shown in Fig. 1 to an inoperative orfolded position shown in Figs. 3,4. The

cutter 11 may bemade of any suitable metal or any other substancesuitable for the purpose.

When utilizing this book mark the holder 2 thereof is inserted betweenthe back-binding 17 and the leaves 18 .of the book 19, in

the manner illustrated in Figs. 3, 4, and the cords 1 maybe thenutilized for book marking purposes in the usual manner. While the wire 3and cutter 11 are here shown as of substantial thicknessforconvenienceof material, whereby when the book is utilized or inclosed state the holder 2 will in no way interfere withthe binding, andwill in'no way injure or mar any portion of the book or the furnitureupon which it may be placed. The inclination of the eye 4 maintains itbe low the edge of the book cover 21, as shown in Fig. 4, therebypreventing any contact of the eye portion with anything outside ofthelimits ofthe book covers. As the legs'5 tend to spring outwardly theholder 2 is thereby firmly maintained in its place within the binding,and the curvature of its terminals 6 prevents any undue abrasion thereofagainst the binding. The configuration of the legs 5 and their terminals6 are also conducive to permitting the holder 2 .to' tilt to anyposition, as shown in Fig. 8, whereby the eye 4 is permitted to assumeany position along the leaves of the book to conform with any positionof the cordl within the leaves.

' The oblique'form of. the eye 4 also serves to 7 limit the inwardplacement and downward position of the holder 2 within the binding. Thecutter 11 may be made ofsuch material it that *it willa-lso serve thepurpose of an identification card which will be found con venient forwriting or printing thereon the name of the owner of the book-mark or ofi the book, or the. name of the seller of the book,

. or any other desired'information- Normally thisdevice is utilizedforthe above described usual book-marking functions, in the positionand'manner illustrated in Figs. 3, 4, but I in case the book user findsthat some of the leaves of'the book-are uncut, as occurs frequently andoften unexpectedly, he withdraws the bookmark and holder 2 from the book19, and turning the cutter 11 about its pivot 12 disposes it to theposition shown in Fig. 1 or its operative condition. He may then graspthe holder 2 in the manner of a handle and proceed to cut up the pagesor leaves with the cutter 11 conveniently and efficiently, after whichhe may fold back the cutter to a position between the legs 5 of theholder 2 and reinsert the entire device between the back-binding andleaves of the book, as indicated in Figs. 3', 4..

According to. the modification shownin Figs, ,7, 8, 9, the stem 7projecting directly rivet 12, is provided with a portion 22 which iii)cutter 11, as shown. The portion 22 is bent frOm'the legs 5 of holder 2is formed into a closedring 9a which constitutes the terminal of theholder, and a rivet 12aywhich secures the holder 2 to the cutter11,.similarly to the projects beyond the terminal ring. 960 and the Yobliquely at 23 in the manner of the eye 4,

r and being provided with a slotted opening 24, Fig.7, serves the samepurpose as'the eye 4'for tying a marker cord l'thereto. In

serve the same purpose as the eye 4for tying V the marker cord thereto.v

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, andportions of the improvements may be used without others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim o g 1. A book mark devicehaving the combination of a marker cord, means for attach ing said cordto said device, means for retaining the device between the back bindingand-leaves of a book, and a leaf cutting element, said element beingpivoted relatively to said retaining means whereby it may be disposedside by side with said retaining means or opposite thereto.

2. A book markdevice having the combination of a marker cord, means forattachbe disposed side by side fwith said retaining means or oppositethereto? 3 1%; book markdevic'e having the combination of a marker cord,means for attach ing" said cord to said device, spring means comprisinga pair ofi-legsadapted to bear away from each other forretainingthedevice between the back binding and. leaves of a book, and a leafcutting element, said element being pivoted relatively'to sai'dretaining means whereby it maybe disposed side by side with saidretaining means or'opposite thereto. l

4. A book mark device having the" combination of a marker" cord,means'for attaching said cord to said device, means for retaining thedevlce "adapted to be inserted between .the back binding and leaves of abook, and a leaf cutting element, said elementbeingpivoted relatively toi said retaining means whereby it maybe-disposed side by side with saidretaining'means or opposite thereto, said element embodying meanstolimit'the insertion movement of said retaining means.

5. A book mark device havlng the combination of a marker cord, meansfor'attaching said cord to said d'evice,=1neans for retaining the deviceadapted to be inserted between the back binding and leaves of abook, aleaf cutting element, said element being pivoted relatively tosaidretaining means whereby 1t may be disposed side by side with saidretainingmeansor opposite thereto,and

means to limit the insertion movement of said element;

6, Abook mark device having the combination'of ama'rker'cord, means forattach- T ing said cord to said device, means for retaining the devicebetween the back binding and leaves of a book, and a leaf cuttingelement said element beingpivoted relatively to said retaining meansunder tensionwhereby it may bedisposed side by side with said re tainingmeans or opposite thereto.

Signed at the city of New York, in the county of New York, and State ofNew York, this 11th day of April, A. D. 1929.

ROBERT H. MOORE.

